The Scottish National Party welcomed the 16 constituency polls published by Lord Ashcroft polling this morning - which has full sample polls in 14 Labour seats and two Lib Dem seats, with the SNP projected to win all but one.

Commenting on Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael’s admission, in evidence today to Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee, that the UK Government has inserted blocking clauses into its proposals for more devolution, Linda Fabiani MSP said:

Commenting on the proposals outlined today by William Hague for English votes for English laws as a consequence of the statement made by Prime Minister after the Scottish referendum last year – Stewart Hosie MP, SNP Depute leader and Treasury spokesperson said :

The Scottish National party has said energy companies must answer over prices following a Which? report which shows bills could have been slashed further and sooner than the recent round of cuts, costing consumers a massive £2.9 billion over the last year.

Labour’s attempt to suggest it is offering more powers than the Smith Commission recommended shows that poor poll ratings have panicked the party into abandoning claims it was making as recently as two weeks ago.